Button at the bottom of your screen. Well get to questions after our conversation. To lets turn our attention some objects that help us describe the civil war. The history museum, objects do a lot of heavy lifting and standing in for a larger historical narrative be the conditions of the objects themselves. Lets talk about this book, the civil war in 50 objects. Tell us about it and how 50 objects can tell the complex story of the civil war. Its extraordinarily when we undertook this project 18 years ago, it was difficult to find just 50 objects although we think they tell the story of the war. As you tell the story of arts theobjects standing in story about race, militarization, soldier life, civilian life. Its also a story about connecting collecting and the New York Historical society as the trove of this cities lower from the revolutionary period to today. So i think its a double story. Lets start with her objects of the evening. Remarkably topic is aligned with current events. The
Pleasure to introduce caroline, caroline janney, professor of the American Civil War at the university of virginia, where she also served as director of the john l nels the third center for Civil War History where she succeeded her mentor, gary w gallagher. Shes the author or editor of 7 books and is one of the series editors for the university of North Carolina prestigious civil war america series. She has served as president of the society of civil war historians and is here to talk about her new book ends of war the unfinished fight of lees army after appomattox. I am a 30 pages in and it is riveting. It is a wonderful book. I just this morning saw a brandnew review that appeared in todays wall street journal by someone named Harold Holzer and he calls it, immensely readable and utterly convincing. Please join me in welcoming caroline janney. [applause] good morning. So first, a big thanks to john, the entire class gets a quiz. So we can institute that policy right now if that will
War at the university of virginia where she also serves as director of the john l. Now the third center for Civil War History where she succeeded her mentor Gary W Gallagher she is the author or editor of seven books and is one of the series editors for the university of North Carolina presses prestigious civil war america series. She has served as the president of the society of civil war historians and is here to talk about her new book ends of war the unfinished fight of lees army after appomattox. Im about 30 pages in and it is riveting. It is a wonderful book and i just this morning saw a brand new review that appeared in todays wall street journal by someone named harold holzer. And he calls it immensely readable and utterly convincing. Please join me in welcoming caroline janey. Good morning. So first a big big thanks to john. Cell phones in my classroom when they go off the entire class gets a quiz. So we can institute that policy right now if that will help curtail the cell ph
The Lincoln Forum continues good morning. My name is Jonathan White and im the vice chair of the Lincoln Forum, and it is a pleasure to introduce caroline janey. Caroline janey is the john l. Now the third professor in this history of the American Civil War at the university of virginia where she also serves as director of the john l. Now the third center for Civil War History where she succeeded her mentor Gary W Gallagher she is the author or editor of seven books and is one of the series editors for the university of North Carolina presses prestigious civil war america series. She has served as the president of the society of civil war historians and is here to talk about her new book ends of war the unfinished fight of lees army after appomattox. Im about 30 pages in and it is riveting. It is a wonderful book and i just this morning saw a brand new review that appeared in todays wall street journal by someone named harold holzer. And he calls it immensely readable and utterly convi
The Lincoln Forum continues good morning. My name is Jonathan White and im the vice chair of the Lincoln Forum, and it is a pleasure to introduce caroline janey. Caroline janey is the john l. Now the third professor in this history of the American Civil War at the university of virginia where she also serves as director of the john l. Now the third center for Civil War History where she succeeded her mentor Gary W Gallagher she is the author or editor of seven books and is one of the series editors for the university of North Carolina presses prestigious civil war america series. She has served as the president of the society of civil war historians and is here to talk about her new book ends of war the unfinished fight of lees army after appomattox. Im about 30 pages in and it is riveting. It is a wonderful book and i just this morning saw a brand new review that appeared in todays wall street journal by someone named harold holzer. And he calls it immensely readable and utterly convi